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Microsoft Windows CE (now officially known as Windows Embedded Compact and previously also known as Windows Embedded CE, and sometimes abbreviated WinCE) is an operating system developed by Microsoft for embedded systems.

how can I enable the 'column bar' in the windows explorer (ec7)? I.e. the bar where the files can be sorted by name/size/type and column width can be adjusted.
On our CE6 device, it is displayed. On ...

I've read that Windows CE uses the "UTF-16 version of UNICODE" (i'm a newbie with encodings).
What happens when a string contains a character that requires more that 2 bytes, like chinese characters ...

I have installed a GitLab 7 CE Omnibus package in centOs7. I followed all the installation instructions. Everything worked perfectly until i tried pushing a local repo to the server. When pushing the ...

I am currently develop Window CE application for handheld MC3190Z. I want to provide online and offline version for it. For online version, I had using web service to connect MS SQL Server 2008. For ...

I'm developing a Windows Mobile application in C#, .NET Compact Framework 2.0.
Installed OS is Windows Mobile 6.0.
The problem is when I input some text on a Textbox using physical keyboard,
Korean ...

I need to create a batch file that copies a file and increments it upon placing it at the destination. Example.
copy C:\TEMP\MyDoc.txt E:\MyData\
Essentially, I need this copy command to copy every ...

I'm creating a notification for CE 6.5, but this notification is brought up on a looped check - so gradually the notification icons are building up. Is there a way to remove them? Or perhaps let them ...

I need a functionality in my program (written in VB.NET) that detects whether the USB Portable Device (Windows CE 5.0) is inserted or removed. I have found a VB.NET code from the internet but it only ...

I'm trying to build the QT 4.8.5 version for a ARMv4i platform, with a custom SDK.
I performed the following steps (wince50standard-customarmv4i-msvc2008 is the folder under mkspecs that I created, ...

We are having a difficult time using TLS in our Windows CE 5.0 device. What we have is a secure web server running on the device; currently it is using SSL 3.0 as the security provider, but we would ...

I have used Wireshark and RawCap and who knows what else to try to determine why I can never get my .NET 3.5 Compact Framework / Windows CE app (running on a handheld device) to connect with my .NET ...

i'm currently working on bluetooth activation (just enable and disable the bluetooth after a certain operation automatically from Windows CE version 6)
i'm using SmartDeviceFramework i.e CAB file that ...

The Message Box called here is not closing upon clicking "OK". Keeps popping up until I kill the task via Task Manager.
The runtime environment is WinCE 6.0.
Private Sub frmPAConsole_Activated(ByVal ...

I have some quires regarding WIN CE.
Is there any difference between Windows Compact Embedded and Windows Embedded edition?
In the website i saw a new version of WIN CE, WIN CE 2013. Is win CE 2013 ...

This is really getting annoying; or, to be honest, it became quite annoying a good while back.
Programmatically removing items from a listbox should be pretty straightforward, yet it seems everything ...

How can I set up a shared folder for a WinCE device (Motorola Workabout Pro4 running on Windows CE 6) as described in the accepted answer to this question? The shared folder should not be accessible ...

I have a mobile application running on .NET Compact Framework 3.5 and an updater application running on the same platform. When user taps on the app shortcut, updater application runs first and checks ...

I'm running Windows CE 5.0 on an ARM processor device using .NET CF 3.5 with an application written in C#. (Scanner device)
I'm experiencing a problem where my application screen still persists even ...

I'm trying to retrieve a row from a table using the GetInventoryRecordForUPC() method below. I can retrieve the row fine in LINQPad by entering "SELECT invName, line_id, ref_no, upc_code, description, ...

I'm trying to make a java program to interact with a third-part DLL (I don't have that code)and receive window-based messages in Windows Mobile 6.5. I'm using JNA to achieve this. I can execute and ...

I have a Motorola scan gun model MC9190-G (Windows 6.5 Mobile IE) and I am attempting to find information on remapping any of the keyboard keys. (This is my current approach to the following problem.) ...

We don't want file syncing between our handheld device and the PC.
The handheld device puts certain (SQL CE database) files in the \My Documents folder on the handheld. These are, in particular, the ...

As noted here, I added code to my handheld app to (attempt to) prevent certain types of files (by extension) from being synced to the PC. But this doesn't work if the user, on the PC, uses ActiveStync ...

im developing a desktop app with the sql compact edition local database with NHibernate ORM. The thing is, i cannot set the connection string properly, and it works only with the specified path to the ...

I have built an smart device app in VS 2008. I could deployed and debugged in Windows Mobile OS devices successfully.
But, I must have to deploy and debug the same app usign Windows CE 4.1 device as ...

Does anyone have experience developing an application for Motorola MK3000, been reading the manuals and browing the web but can't seem to find a good guide. I feel like this is my last resort. I have ...